Anxiety turns to joy as guilty verdict returned against George Floyd s killer
By Nathan Layne and Jonathan Allen
Reuters
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -Nervous crowds awaiting a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin erupted in jubilation on Tuesday after a jury found the former Minneapolis police officer guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd during an arrest last May.
In George Floyd Square, the traffic intersection named after the 46-year-old Black man who died with his neck pinned to the street under Chauvin s knee, throngs of people screamed, cheered and applauded at the news of the guilty verdict.